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Hydrologic Balance <br /> As shown in the photograph above, afternoon rains have been frequent and heavy at times. <br /> Pond 7 and pond 8 held significant quantities of water but neither were discharging. Pond 4 <br /> held a small amount of water in the southeast corner. All five containments also held modest <br /> amounts of water. Ditches along the Purgatoire River and culverts directing flow to pond 7 <br /> were found open and functional. <br /> Pond 7 <br /> Pond 8 <br /> Roads <br /> Recent rains have resulted in a rough surface on the access road to the RDA. This road <br /> surface should be regraded as soon as dry conditions return. <br /> Processing Waste <br /> Abundant rains over the last month or so has resulted in continued rill and gully erosion on <br /> the exposed surface of the Refuse Disposal Area (RDA). This eroded material has slowly <br /> been deposited near the crest of the refuse pile surface causing the effective elimination of <br /> the berm along the crest and the upper most revegetated outslope. At some point recently, <br /> surface flows breached the berm and flowed over the upper most fill outslope in at least two <br /> places. Obvious gullies were observed and minor flow in one location was still active as <br /> shown in the photographs below. <br /> 4 <br />